Created with Sketch.

Orthodox Brotherhoods Ask to Revive Memory of Prince Askold’s Baptism of Rus

04.03.2010, 16:28

Youth Orthodox Brotherhoods of Ukraine addressed the head of the UOC-MP with a request to support the celebration of the anniversary of the campaign of Prince Askold of Kyiv against Constantinople in 860 and his conversion to Orthodox.

KYIV – Youth Orthodox Brotherhoods of Ukraine addressed the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate with a request “for fatherly support in the church-wide celebration of the 1150th anniversary of the campaign of Prince Askold of Kyiv against Constantinople in 860 and his conversion to the holy Orthodox faith as a result.” RISU’s Ukrainian-language web site posted this story on March 4, 2010.

“Unfortunately, the memory of the initial first Baptism of Rus’ by Askold, which took place 128 years earlier than Volodymyr’s Baptism, was ignored for a long time for political reasons. Therefore, the revival and due marking of this historic event and the first Kyivan Orthodox martyr Prince Askold (Christian name Mykolai) becomes one of the most important steps in the spiritual revival of Ukraine,” says the address, as reported by the Orthodox youth portal Pritvor.

According to the document, on the initiative of Professor M. Maksymovych, in 1866, with the blessing of the Synod of the Russian Empire, the 1000th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus’ by Prince Askold was celebrated.

Read about
World news The Vatican forwards thousands of names of Ukrainian prisoners to Russia with a request for their release or exchange
Yesterday, 16:00
Community Patriarch Kirill does not oppose the introduction of the death penalty in Russia
Yesterday, 15:30
Community U.S. surgeon and non-profit receive the Order of St. Panteleimon for helping Ukraine
Yesterday, 15:05
Ukraine and world The Head of the UGCC conveyed condolences over floods in Spain
Yesterday, 14:40